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April 16 2016
April 16 2016
April 16 2016
What is the attitude (Bhava) with which we must listen to the life of an Avatar? Bhagawan gives us
a clarion call today quoting Ramayana as an example.
Dont look upon Rama as a scion of the Solar Dynasty, or the son of Emperor
Dasaratha. These correlates are but accessory and accidental. A habitual error in
modern readers is they pay attention only to the personal relationship and
affiliations between the characters of the story they read without delving into the
values they represent and demonstrate. Just as people squeeze juice out of the
fibrous cane and drink its sweetness, just as the bee sucks the honey in the
flower, regardless of its symmetry and colour, so too the spiritual seeker
(Sadhaka) should yearn to imbibe the expression of tenderness, pity and
compassion with which Ramayana is saturated, paying no heed to other subjects.
Those who seek the expression of compassion in Ramayana should concentrate
more on the central narrative than on supplementary details that embellish or
encumber it. Listen to the Ramayana in that mood; that is the best form of
spiritual listening (Shravana).
- Ramakatha Rasavahini, Ch 1.
Fullness in life is marked by the harmony of thought, word and deed. Baba
Fullness in life is marked by the harmony of thought, word and deed. Baba
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